Fishing

Today I spent a much needed hour in the garden weeding and pruning tomatoes. I was going to go back up with some stakes to get the tomatoes tied up but the rest of the day got away from me. In the evening I went fishing with some of the boys. Power baits crappie nibblers really get the little fish going, but we were at the bottom of the container. I like these things, and only recently started using them in the past month. It's like having a bunch of waxworms that never go bad. 

Today I was trying to figure out why my car was starting to smell. While getting the kids out of the car, I looked over and saw the fish guts bucket, that I had yet to take out of the car and clean out. There’s a lid on the bucket but it’s been in a hot car for a couple of days.

Today we went fishing at a nearby lake, and an old Black lady was there with a minnow setup. She graciously shared some of her minnows, and as we haven't really fished with any minnows yet, she showed us how to put them on and what size hook to use. By the time we left the dock she had caught three of the biggest crappies I have ever seen.

Against my better judgement (I’m not feeling well) the kids lured me out to go fishing at the nearby national wildlife refuge. Now I’m sitting here getting bit by mosquitoes, listening to frogs as a plane takes off from the nearby anirport every few minutes.

Geese just flew overhead. There is a muskrat that keeps swimming around. And there is a great blue heron I didn’t even see until it majestically took off 20 feet away from me.